Bill Ward's Brickpile » jetsons http://www.brickpile.com Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2059 Cadillac El Dorado http://www.brickpile.com/2008/08/14/2059-cadillac-el-dorado/ http://www.brickpile.com/2008/08/14/2059-cadillac-el-dorado/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:21:19 +0000 Bill http://www.brickpile.com/?p=167
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    • ]]>     Last night I was surfing around the Legoverse trying to find some inspiration to build something space-related, and I came across the Building The Future That Never Was Contest on classic-space.com. I got to thinking about the whole retro-future thing, and thought of doing a Jetsons-style aircar, which of course means using the clear dome, and then I thought of capturing the Cadillac fins of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. After much experimentation, this is what I came up with:

    2059 Cadillac El Dorado

    I’m especially happy with the studlessness of it… the only studs showing are the headlamps (which don’t count, in my opinion) and a few studs half-visible on the rear part of the hood. The underside is also smooth, using SNOT (Studs Not On Top) construction to mount parts upside-down.

    See the rest of the pics in my photoset: 2059 Cadillac El Dorado, or view a slideshow.

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